Bengaluru, June 6, 2025 — In celebration of World Surroundings Day, the Worldwide Institute of Data Expertise Bangalore (IIIT-B) organized a plantation drive at HSR Structure, Bengaluru, in Sudarvana City Forest. This transformative initiative displays the Institute’s dedication to environmental sustainability and community-driven ecological restoration.
The placement of the plantation drive was an erstwhile dump yard, which for years housed waste from neighboring localities. Because of the persistent efforts of native residents and the Jeevanmukthi Basis Charitable Belief, the world has been reclaimed to develop right into a inexperienced city forest. The occasion marked a big milestone on this journey, as IIIT-B planted 50 saplings to contribute to the rising inexperienced cowl.
The initiative was carried out in collaboration with the Jeevanmukthi Basis Charitable Belief, based by Ms. Rupa, which has performed a pivotal position in citizen-led environmental drives, together with the revival of the Sundarvana Forest in HSR Structure. Prof. Debabrata Das, Director IIIT-B together with different senior officers, employees, and college students from IIIT-B participated enthusiastically within the plantation drive, reinforcing the institute’s deep-rooted ethos of environmental stewardship and group engagement. Prof. T.Okay. Srikanth and Mr. Jagadish P. Patil, CAO of IIIT-B, and Ms Akshata P B, a employees member are residents of the locality and lively individuals turning the land into city forest.
Reflecting on these sustainable efforts from IIIT-B, Prof Debabrata Das remarked, “Neighborhood engagement is crucial to actually worth and shield our surroundings. I’m proud that IIIT-B actively participates in such significant initiatives, with enthusiastic assist from our college students exhibiting that the following technology is headed in the proper path. As a Inexperienced College together with shaping future leaders and technologists, we additionally deal with nurturing our planet. This plantation drive displays IIIT-B’s enduring dedication to ecological concord.”
The Sundarvana Forest, positioned on a 2-acre stretch of land, previously a waste dumping web site, now thrives with almost 14,000 bushes. The forest, simply three years previous, has been developed utilizing the Miyawaki afforestation method, an progressive technique developed by Japanese botanist Dr. Akira Miyawaki. This system entails planting a dense mixture of native species shut collectively, which accelerates forest progress and promotes biodiversity. Miyawaki forests require minimal upkeep after the primary few years and are perfect for reworking city wastelands into self-sustaining ecosystems.
This isn’t the primary time IIIT-B has engaged in afforestation efforts. Two years in the past, the institute planted quite a few bushes in the identical locality, which have since flourished beneath common care. Because the institute rightly believes, planting is just the start, sustained nurturing is equally important.
IIIT-B has been acknowledged internationally for its inexperienced initiatives. A two-time recipient of the Worldwide Inexperienced College Award on the New York Inexperienced College Convention (2023 and 2024), the institute integrates sustainability into each aspect of campus life:
- 40% of vitality wantsmet by way of a 500 KVA photo voltaic plant, producing roughly 7 million kWh of energy yearly
- 50% of water necessitiesfulfilled by way of wastewater recycling, with an extra 10% from rainwater harvesting
- 100% waste segregation, operational biogas plant, and on-campus composting
- A wealthy biodiversitywith 487 bushes representing 60 species
- Eco-conscious campus design maximizing pure mild and air flow
- Energetic scholar participation in inexperienced drives, eco-marathons, and donation campaigns
With these initiatives, IIIT-B continues to steer by instance, proving that sustainable improvement and technological excellence can go hand in hand.
